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Technique developed to “look over pilot's shoulder.”
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Technique Developed to “Look over Pilot’s Shoulder.“-For many years the only accurate method of evaluating a pilot’s performance was to have an instructor watch his actions from a second seat in the aircraft. The Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) has developed an observation method which allows personnel on the ground to view the action in airborne single seat jet interceptor aircraft-in essence, to “look over the pilot’s shoulder.” Scientists at ARDC’s Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center (AFPTRC) have developed a telemetry system which makes this possible. Telemetry is the process by which the picture on the pilot’s radar scope is radioed to the ground. It is accomplished by a series of high freThe signals requency radio signals. ceived on the ground reproduce what is seen on the pilot’s radar scope ; thus, both the pilot and ground personnel have essentially the same picture. ARDC scientists have found that their new telemetry system duplicates, with extreme accuracy and fidelity, the actual radar scope picture. Installation of the newly-developed telemetry system in interceptor aircraft will result in better training for all-weather interceptor pilots. By means of telemetry, the pilot’s instructor will be able, through voice communications, to instruct the student from the ground. In addition, the ground reproduction of the pilot’s radar scope face will aid the instructor in measuring the student pilot’s performance, thereby providing a medium for improving the training of allweather interceptor pilots. AFPTRC’s Interceptor Pilot Research Unit conducted all phases of the telemetry experiment in the F-86D aircraft, but the experiment may also
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be adapted for use in jet aircraft of the current century series, such as the F-102. Automatic Silicone Lubricator.The manufacturers of FilMagic Silicone products (FilMagic Cloth and FilMagic Tapes) are marketing a new device for automatic silicone lubrication of recording tapes and motion picture films. The FilMagic Pylon is a windowed acetate tube filled with silicone-impregnated FilMagic Cloth. After activating the filler by means of a silicone fluid, the lubricant is fed in controlled amounts through a sleeve of FilMagic Cloth onto the tape or film. The Pylon is mounted between feed reel and reproducing parts of equipment for continuous performance while the machine is operating. It is claimed that the FilMagic Pylon is the first practical application of an accepted principle of silicone lubrication, which acknowledges that lubrication is most effective when applied close to the point of use. “Point-of-Use” lubrication-protection results in better sound reproduction, reduction of “wows,” less head wear, and smoother, cooler operation according to the manufacture. FilMagic ‘Pylon kits are supplied either with suction-cup Pylons, or with Pylons equipped with a flangetype mount which can be installed permanently on most equipment. Each Pylon kit contains one of the Pylons, a plastic squeeze-bottle of FilMagic silicone Re-Loader, and six sleeves of FilMagic Cloth. Complete instructions for installation and use are furnished in each kit, which measures only 3 by 3 in. Further details may be obtained from the manufacturer, The Distributor’s Group, Inc., 204-14th. Street, N. W., Atlanta 13, Georgia.
CURRENT TOPICS
Technique Developed to “Look over Pilot’s Shoulder.“-For many years the only accurate method of evaluating a pilot’s performance was to have an instructor watch his actions from a second seat in the aircraft. The Air Research and Development Command (ARDC) has developed an observation method which allows personnel on the ground to view the action in airborne single seat jet interceptor aircraft-in essence, to “look over the pilot’s shoulder.” Scientists at ARDC’s Air Force Personnel and Training Research Center (AFPTRC) have developed a telemetry system which makes this possible. Telemetry is the process by which the picture on the pilot’s radar scope is radioed to the ground. It is accomplished by a series of high freThe signals requency radio signals. ceived on the ground reproduce what is seen on the pilot’s radar scope ; thus, both the pilot and ground personnel have essentially the same picture. ARDC scientists have found that their new telemetry system duplicates, with extreme accuracy and fidelity, the actual radar scope picture. Installation of the newly-developed telemetry system in interceptor aircraft will result in better training for all-weather interceptor pilots. By means of telemetry, the pilot’s instructor will be able, through voice communications, to instruct the student from the ground. In addition, the ground reproduction of the pilot’s radar scope face will aid the instructor in measuring the student pilot’s performance, thereby providing a medium for improving the training of allweather interceptor pilots. AFPTRC’s Interceptor Pilot Research Unit conducted all phases of the telemetry experiment in the F-86D aircraft, but the experiment may also
[J. F. I.
be adapted for use in jet aircraft of the current century series, such as the F-102. Automatic Silicone Lubricator.The manufacturers of FilMagic Silicone products (FilMagic Cloth and FilMagic Tapes) are marketing a new device for automatic silicone lubrication of recording tapes and motion picture films. The FilMagic Pylon is a windowed acetate tube filled with silicone-impregnated FilMagic Cloth. After activating the filler by means of a silicone fluid, the lubricant is fed in controlled amounts through a sleeve of FilMagic Cloth onto the tape or film. The Pylon is mounted between feed reel and reproducing parts of equipment for continuous performance while the machine is operating. It is claimed that the FilMagic Pylon is the first practical application of an accepted principle of silicone lubrication, which acknowledges that lubrication is most effective when applied close to the point of use. “Point-of-Use” lubrication-protection results in better sound reproduction, reduction of “wows,” less head wear, and smoother, cooler operation according to the manufacture. FilMagic ‘Pylon kits are supplied either with suction-cup Pylons, or with Pylons equipped with a flangetype mount which can be installed permanently on most equipment. Each Pylon kit contains one of the Pylons, a plastic squeeze-bottle of FilMagic silicone Re-Loader, and six sleeves of FilMagic Cloth. Complete instructions for installation and use are furnished in each kit, which measures only 3 by 3 in. Further details may be obtained from the manufacturer, The Distributor’s Group, Inc., 204-14th. Street, N. W., Atlanta 13, Georgia.